[chef] Re: issues with chef-server install + script that automatically installs chef-server for you

[Joe Van Dyk < >]

http://fixieconsulting.com/chef-client.sh details the steps I have to
do to get the chef-client up.

Even if it's automated, setting up the chef-server still takes around
20 minutes on a VPS to download and install all the deps.

Joe

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Joe Van 
Dyk<
 >
 wrote:
> http://fixieconsulting.com/chef-server.sh details the steps I had to
> do to make chef-server install automatically on ubuntu 9.04 server.
>
> Few problems:
>
> 1)  The chef-solo run would freeze after couchdb was installed.  It
> might be an issue with the startup?  Problem went away if couchdb was
> installed ahead of time.
>
> 2)  The merb-slices gem wasn't installed (the wiki said to install
> chef and ohai gems).  The chef-server's webapp couldn't start until
> that gem was installed.
>
> 3)  I had to enable the universe repository.
>
> Anyways, from a bare install of ubuntu 9.04 server, I could do:
> $ wget http://fixieconsulting.com/chef-server.sh
> $ sh chef-server.sh
>
> And type in my full hostname and my openid and everything was
> automatically downloaded and installed for me.
>
>
>
> --
> Joe Van Dyk
> http://fixieconsulting.com
>



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